Foldable box.



AN1\TA L. PECK, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MII\T1\TESOTA. i

FOLDAZBLE BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7, 1912.

Patented Sept; 9, 1913.

Serial No. 724,364.

T0 all,w7z0m i may concern:

7 Be it known that I, ANNA L. PEGK, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of He1inepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foldable Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

,This invention relates to that class of foldable boxes having a series of cells designed to holdieggs or otherarticles separated from one another.

It is the object of the invention to provide a box of the kind stated which is so constructed that it may be collapsed or folded flat for convenience in shipment, and also to provide improved means whereby the box can be readily set up and its parts locked in this position. These objects are attained by a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the acco-mpanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box set up ready for use, with the lid swung open; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the box, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the

box is constructed of apiece of card-board or other suitable material which is bent and folded to form a top 10, aside 11, a bottom 12, a side 13, and a lid 14. The top 10, ad jacent tothe side 13 has a marginal flap 15 which is pasted or otherwise permanently fastened to said side. The bottom has end flaps 16 which, upon being bent up, form the end walls of the box. The top 10 has marginal tongues 17 at its ends which are adapted to be insertedthrough slits 18 in the free ends of the flaps 16 after saidflaps are bent up, whereby the end walls of the box formed by said flaps are locked in set-up position. The slits 18 coincide with the top 10, and the material above the same, to-

gether with the prjecting ends of the tongue 17 are folded inward over on the top 10, over which folded parts the lid 14 seats when in position to close the box. Suitable means will be provided for holding the lid closed. r

On the top 10 is pasted or otherwise fas tened a sheet 19 which is slitted to forma series of rectangularhendable tongues 20 arranged in three rows as shown. The number of rows, and the number of tongues in the rows may, of course, be varied according to the size of the box. The top 10 is also slitted to form rectangular bendable tongues 21, which arelocated adjacent to the tongues 20 but at a right angle thereto. The length of the tongues 20 and 21 is such, that when they are bent down, they reach the bottom 12 of thebox[ The tongues after1 being bent down form the walls of the ce s.

To the bottom 12, on the inside of the box, is pasted or otherwise secured a sheet 22 having end portions 23 which are free and adapted tobe bent up between the tongues 21 alongside the tongues 20 to form partitions between the rows of the cells. If desired, these partitions may be dispensed with, and if they are used, one set o tongues may be left off.

The box andthe cell structure herein described fold flat which saves room in storage and shipment.

To set up the box, raise the body thereof, and bend up the partitions 23. The eggs, or other articles may now be inserted by pressing down the tongues 20 and 21. After the cells are filled, the end walls 16 of the box are bent up and secred, as described, and the lid 14 is swung closed and fastened; After emptying the box, it can again be folded flat.

with the aforesaid perforated top when the flaps are thus bent, the ends of said top havthe ton of the box, and the lid of the box In tstimony whereof I affix my signature m presence -0f two w1tnesses.

ANNA L. PECK.

ing tongues passing through the s1ts and pr0jecting therefrom, said pr0jectng portons of the tongues and the material of the fiaps above the s1ts beng foldab1e over on Wtnesses: r

E. J BRONSON, r HARRY G. KNECHLE.

being foldab1e over the last-mentioned folded parts.

G0pies of this patent may be obtained for fl ve eents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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